Seven Sisters songline

The Seven Sisters are figures in the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australians across Australia. Their names and the details of their activities vary by country and language.

In central and western desert accounts, the sisters are pursued by a lustful sorcerer. His pursuit is sexually violent, involving at times laying ambush, spying, and in some versions capturing one or more sisters. His obsession prevents an approach in accordance with cultural norms, and produces an unstable landscape that "seethes and ripples with sexual desire". The themes are similar to the story of Pleiades in Greek mythology, which also describes the pursuit of seven sisters and is also associated with the Pleiades star cluster.

In the cultures of Indigenous Australians, the Dreaming is understood as an "active, continuous presence in the land", happening at all times, which is reconstituted as the keepers of stories perform ceremonies, create art, and travel the country.